Subject: E19) How many direct hits by hurricanes of various categories
have affected each state?

Contributed by Chris Landsea (NHC)

This table, updated from Jarrell et al. (2001), shows the number
of hurricanes affecting the United States and individual states,
i.e., direct hits. The table shows that, on the average, close to
seven hurricanes every four years (~1.75 per year) strike the United
States, while about three major hurricanes cross the U.S. coast every
five years (0.60 per year). Other noteworthy facts, updated from Jarrell
et al. (2001), are:

Forty percent of all U.S. hurricanes hit Florida

Eighty-eight percent of Major hurricanes strikes
have hit either Florida or Texas